Winter storm watch brings potential for snow in Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday
Updated: 4:37 PM CST Jan 16, 2023
BUT RATHER UNEVENTFUL IN OUR VIEWING AREA COMPARED TO WHAT’S HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTRY HERE. BUT THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE. WE’VE GOT SOME REAL WINTER WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS EVENING GETS A REAL BIG FACTOR OF FIVE. TOLERABLE FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. A LITTLE CHILLY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S JUST SKIP RIGHT AHEAD TO IT HERE. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY FOR THE OMAHA METRO, THE LINCOLN AREAS AND POINTS NORTH AND WEST. HERE’S OUR COMPUTER MODEL FOR THIS EVENING. CLOUDY, THE WEST NORTHWEST BREEZE, MIDNIGHT TWO IN THE MORNING, CLOUDY TOMORROW MORNING, PROBABLY CLOUDY FOR THE MORNING DRIVE. BUT THEN INDICATIONS OF SOME SUNSHINE MIDDAY AND ALSO INTO THE AFTERNOON. THAT’S TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT, CLOUDS SPREAD BACK IN WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE MIGHT MAKE IT THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE WITHOUT SEEING PRECIPITATION. YOU SEE THIS SOUTH OF US AND THEN ADVANCING NORTHWARD MID-MORNING AND YOU SEE THE PINK IN THERE. THAT’S WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXING IN, MAYBE SOME RAIN MIXING IN. GENERALLY NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE OMAHA METRO LOOKS LIKE IT’S ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING. AND FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THINGS START WINDING DOWN. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE BELIEVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE OMAHA METRO LINCOLN AREAS. THERE MIGHT BE SOME SLEET IN THERE AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH. MORE SLEET AND MAYBE A LITTLE ICING HERE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, SOUTHWEST IOWA, WHERE IT’S ALL SNOW, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. COLUMBUS. NORFOLK. WEST POINT, AND TEKAMAH, STILL CLOUDY. THAT’S THE NORTH FREEWAY. THAT’S OUR CAMERA. AT 27, THE DOUGLAS 37 DEGREES, WHICH ISN’T BAD FOR MID-JANUARY. 39 DEGREES IN OMAHA. 37 IN FREMONT, 42 IN LINCOLN. 45 IN BEATRICE WEST NORTHWEST. WINDS ARE BLOWING NOTHING RIGHT NOW ON SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR CLOUDS YET WE STILL GOT THOSE. HERE’S THE SYSTEM THAT WRAPPED UP OVER US AND PRODUCED THAT SMALL TORNADO NEAR WILLIAMSBURG. THAT’S CLOSER TO THE IOWA CITY AREA. AND THIS IS OUR STORM FOR WEDNESDAY COMING INTO CALIFORNIA MEANS OUR COMPUTER MODELS SHOULD GET BETTER AND BETTER. ESTIMATING THE TRACK AND AMOUNT OF SNOW WITH THIS TONIGHT AND ALSO TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW, THE NORTHWEST BREEZES KIND OF CHILLY. SOME AFTERNOON SUN FOR TUESDAY, THEN CLOUDS SPREADING IN. AND HERE COMES THAT STORM AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY. AGAIN, THERE’LL BE A PERIOD WHERE MAYBE WE GET SOME SLEET IN OMAHA, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF US, WITH HEAVY SNOW COMING IN FOR THE AFTERNOON TONIGHT, 31, THE LOW, MAINLY CLOUDY, THAT CHILLY BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST, 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. TUESDAY, KIND OF UNEVENTFUL, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME SUNSHINE. NOT A BAD DAY. AND THEN WEDNESDAY, A SEVERE WINTER IMPACTS SNOW, SLEET, RAIN IN THE MORNING, ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON, POSSIBLY HEAVY CLEANING UP AROUND HERE ON THURSDAY AND COLD, LITTLE COLD ON FRIDAY, CHILLY ON SATURDAY. A CHILLY ON SUNDAY. THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THINGS IF WE HAVE A SOLID SNOW COVER, IT’LL BE COLDER AT NIGH
Winter storm watch brings potential for snow in Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday
Updated: 4:37 PM CST Jan 16, 2023
A potentially impactful winter storm could bring snow to the Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday morning.A winter storm watch has been issued for most of eastern Nebraska from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, bringing increased chances for impactful snowfall along and north of the Interstate 80 corridor.Track the weather wherever you are with our Interactive RadarAs of Monday morning, the Omaha area could see 3 to 6 inches of snow, while 4 to 8 inches is forecast north of the metro. There’s a better potential for mixed precipitation and lower snow totals farther south. The storm track for Wednesday’s system is the biggest question mark right now. Minor changes could affect snow totals and potential impacts. As of Monday morning, a wintry mix is expected to begin falling on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon, it is anticipated that that will change to wet, heavy snow, which will continue overnight. Lingering showers could continue into Thursday morning.Stay with the KETV Weather Now storm team for updates.Click here for the latest forecast
A potentially impactful winter storm could bring snow to the Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday morning.
A winter storm watch has been issued for most of eastern Nebraska from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, bringing increased chances for impactful snowfall along and north of the Interstate 80 corridor.
Track the weather wherever you are with our Interactive Radar
As of Monday morning, the Omaha area could see 3 to 6 inches of snow, while 4 to 8 inches is forecast north of the metro. There’s a better potential for mixed precipitation and lower snow totals farther south.
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The storm track for Wednesday’s system is the biggest question mark right now. Minor changes could affect snow totals and potential impacts.
As of Monday morning, a wintry mix is expected to begin falling on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon, it is anticipated that that will change to wet, heavy snow, which will continue overnight. Lingering showers could continue into Thursday morning.
Stay with the KETV Weather Now storm team for updates.
Click here for the latest forecast